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We discuss new Keck/MOSFIRE spectroscopic observations of four luminous galaxies at z~7-9 selected to have intense optical line emission by Roberts-Borsani et al. (2016). Previous follow-up has revealed Lyman-alpha in two of the four…

We report the detection of extended Ly alpha emission around individual star-forming galaxies at redshifts z = 3-6 in an ultradeep exposure of the Hubble Deep Field South obtained with MUSE on the ESO-VLT. The data reach a limiting surface…

Based on the Sloan Digital Sky Survey Data Release 16, we have detected the large-scale structure of Ly$\alpha$ emission in the Universe at redshifts $z = 2$--3.5 by cross-correlating quasar positions and Ly$\alpha$ emission imprinted in…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-09-28 Xiaojing Lin , Zheng Zheng , Zheng Cai

In this third paper in a series on the nature of extended, asymmetric Lyman alpha emitters at z ~ 3 we report the discovery, in an ultra-deep, blind, spectroscopic long-slit survey, of a Lyman alpha emitting halo around a QSO at redshift…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Michael Rauch , George D. Becker , Martin G. Haehnelt , Robert F. Carswell , Jean-Rene Gauthier

We detail a powerful indirect method for the study of damped Lyman alpha systems (DLAs) at low redshift. We increase the probability of finding a low-redshift DLA to nearly 50% by targeting QSOs that are known to have strong low-redshift…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-27 Daniel B. Nestor , Sandhya Rao , David Turnshek

We propose a new model for the extended Ly alpha blobs found recently at high redshift z ~ 3. The observational properties of these blobs are; 1) the observed Ly alpha luminosities are ~ 10^{43} h^{-2} ergs s^{-1}, 2) they appear elongated…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Yoshiaki Taniguchi , Yasuhiro Shioya

We utilize the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) on the Very Large Telescope (VLT) to search for extended Lyman-Alpha emission around the z~6.6 QSO J0305-3150. After carefully subtracting the point-spread-function, we reach a nominal…

We present observations of a peculiar Lyman alpha-emitting galaxy at redshift 3.344, discovered in a deep, blind spectroscopic survey for faint Lyman alpha emitters with the Magellan II telescope in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF). The…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Michael Rauch , George D. Becker , Martin G. Haehnelt , Jean-Rene Gauthier , Swara Ravindranath , Wallace L. W. Sargent

We present long-slit spectroscopic data which reveals extended Lyman alpha emission around the z=6.417 radio-quiet quasar CFHQS J2329-0301. The Lyman alpha emission is extended over 15 kpc and has a luminosity of > 8 x 10^36 W, comparable…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Chris J. Willott , Savironi Chet , Jacqueline Bergeron , John B. Hutchings

We report {\it HST} COS spectroscopy of 10 quasars with foreground star-forming galaxies at 0.02$<$$z$$<$ 0.14 within impact parameters of $\sim$1-7 kpc. We detect damped/sub-damped Ly$\alpha$ absorption in 100$\%$ of cases where no…

We report the observation of a further asymmetric, extended Lyman alpha emitting halo at z=2.63, from our ultra-deep, long-slit spectroscopic survey of faint high redshift emitters, undertaken with Magellan LDSS3 in the GOODS-S field. The…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Michael Rauch , George D. Becker , Martin G. Haehnelt , Jean-Rene Gauthier , Wallace L. W. Sargent

We image 19 quasars with 22 damped Lyman alpha (DLA) systems using the F160W filter and the Near-Infrared Camera and Multiobject Spectrograph aboard the Hubble Space Telescope, in both direct and coronagraphic modes. We reach 5 sigma…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 James W. Colbert , Matthew A. Malkan

We present new imaging and spectroscopic observations of the fields of five QSOs with very strong intervening CaII absorption systems at redshifts z<0.5 selected from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. Recent studies of these very rare absorbers…

We present a semi-analytical model of star formation which explains simultaneously the observed UV luminosity function of high redshift Lyman break galaxies (LBGs) and luminosity functions of Lyman-alpha emitters. We consider both models…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Saumyadip Samui , Raghunathan Srianand , Kandaswamy Subramanian

The H-alpha luminosity density of galaxies is used to calculate the local diffuse radiation field at the Lyman limit as resulting from star formation in the universe. The fraction of Lyman continuum radiation leaking out from galaxies…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. -M. Deharveng , S. Faisse , B. Milliard , V. Le Brun

We search for galaxy counterparts to damped Lyman-alpha absorbers (DLAs) at z>2 towards nine quasars, which have 14 DLAs and 8 sub-DLAs in their spectra. We use integral field spectroscopy to search for Ly-alpha emission line objects at the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-06-13 L. Christensen , L. Wisotzki , M. M. Roth , S. F. Sanchez , A. Kelz , K. Jahnke

We investigate Damped Ly-alpha absorbing galaxies (DLA galaxies) at low redshifts z<1 in the hierarchical structure formation scenario to clarify the nature of DLA galaxies because observational data of such galaxies mainly at low redshifts…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Katsuya Okoshi , Masahiro Nagashima

This paper presents observations of an extended Lyman-alpha emission nebula surrounding the galaxy responsible for the Damped Lyman-alpha Absorption (DLA) line in the spectrum of the quasar Q2233+131. With the Potsdam Multi Aperture…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 L. Christensen , S. F. Sanchez , K. Jahnke , T. Becker , L. Wisotzki , A. Kelz , L. C. Popovic , M. M. Roth

We discuss our recent results on the statistical properties of damped Lyman alpha systems (DLAs) at low redshift (z<1.65) (Rao & Turnshek 2000). Contrary to expectations, we found that the cosmological neutral gas mass density as traced by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Sandhya M. Rao , David A. Turnshek

Lyman-alpha emission from galaxies should be suppressed completely or partially at redshifts beyond reionization. Without knowing the instrinsic properties of galaxies at z = 6.5, this attenuation is hard to infer in any one source, but can…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Sangeeta Malhotra , James Rhoads